JCAEYFS

We are pleased to share that we are looking to recruit an inspiring, dedicated Early Years teacher to join our fantastic team and Trust @accomplish_mat . Information can be found - teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/jobs/reception…

Reception had a very exciting visitor this morning, thank you for showing us lots of rock pool creatures @AquaExplorerUK 🦀🌊🐚 #UnderTheSea

Spring is here 🌸 Let’s get children reading beyond the classroom! “Open a book, step outside, let imaginations grow wild.” 🌿📚 Fresh air + great stories = powerful learning. #ReadingForPleasure Photo credits @JCAWakefield & @SmawthorneHMA

Play matters in Year 1! #DevelopmentallyAppropriateLearning

We have an exciting opportunity for a talented Nursery Nurse to join our Nursery team. If you are interested or know someone who may be, please share the following link: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/jobs/nursery-n… @accomplish_mat

Creating the best start ❤️

Another busy week of inquiring in @jcaeyfs - we are so interested in learning about sea creatures that glow! We have also been busy outside connecting and exploring lengths and heights!

Reception continued exploring colour mixing beautifully this morning to create individual art work. We were inspired by our artist to sketch and paint our own fish for our whole-class ocean canvas! @jcaeyfs @JCA__Art

Reception have loved their first World Book Day at JCA! They enjoyed talking about their costumes and their favourite books with friends! @JCA_Reading

Wakefield Library is a wonderful place to be! It is fabulous to hear of Reception children going to visit on a weekend to find more books about their interests! #readintoit #NationalYearofReading @WFlibraries @JCEnglishHub

Wonderful curriculum networks across the trust. A time to reflect, evaluate regime & move forward for all children. This one was @JCAWakefield reflecting on the very best start with a particular focus on writing. #CurriculumNetworks

Reception are completely immersed in their new theme: Under the sea! @jcaeyfs

Reading for pleasure is always fun in Reception, especially when we discover fold-out books! We also love retelling our repeated reads: this week we are reading “The Rainbow fish” @JCA_Reading #Nationalyearofreading2026

What an impressive half term project from Maggie in Reception! This combinied her favourite learning from last half term . Huge well done to grandma too! @jcaeyfs #connectinglearning #winterolympics2026

✨ Exciting news! From September 2026, Jerry Clay English Hub will offer support for Reception year as well as KS1, 2 & 3. Strengthening early literacy from the very start. 📚 Complete the short form to receive further information: forms.office.com/e/0X33fEyZZw #EnglishHubs

We have started to learn about Chinese New Year this week, using the stories of Logan’s lantern and The Runaway wok! The children have enjoyed exploring Chinese symbols, clothing, and photographs of the country. #CHINESENEWYEAR2026 @JCAWakefield

The children were fabulous & were so immersed in their learning ✨😊

A brilliant week of #WinterOlympics2026 with lots of physical development in Reception class. We have also celebrated our achievements by making medals for ourselves and our friends! @jcaeyfs

Such sustained concentration and perseverance this morning as Reception children explored observational drawing of penguins. @jcaeyfs @JCA__Art

We continue our interest in the Northern Lights, this week Reception enjoyed developing their upper body strength in PE creating movements to dance with the chiffon scarves. We loved continuing this learning back in the classroom too! @jcaeyfs